Ferdinand Preiss
'Torch Dancer', a Cold-Painted Bronze and Carved Ivory Figure, circa 1925
she is modelled balancing on one leg, her back arched, holding up two torches, wearing only a pair of culottes, on a marble and onyx base
43cm high, apparantly unsigned (R to one hand, hairlines and one baton replaced)
she is modelled balancing on one leg, her back arched, holding up two torches, wearing only a pair of culottes, on a marble and onyx base
43cm high, apparantly unsigned (R to one hand, hairlines and one baton replaced)
Sold for
£16,800
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Please see Bonhams sale Wednesday 30 May, 2007, Lot 206 for a similar model and pg. 165 'Ferdinand Preiss, Art Deco Sculptor, The Fire and the Flame' by Alberto Shayo, publ. Antique Collectors Club, 2005.
Category: Decorative Arts / 20th Century Decorative Arts
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